Potential Issue: QNAP NAS Firmware Update

All,

My QNAP TS-459 Pro II NAS was set to automatically check for new firmware updates. Yesterday I noticed that it had downloaded a new image and wanted a reboot, so gave the OK.

Today I am unable to access the NAS using NFS from my (12.04) ubuntu builds (either 32-bit or 64-bit) but can access it OK from my Mac Mini or a Windows 7 (64-Bit) machine. Windows is using CIFS, the Mac is using Apple's native network file system.

reckons that a new release was issued just yesterday [what a coincidence]. At the moment I am experiencing difficulties pulling in 20120722, but I will report back if/when I get it uploaded and if I can confirm whether or not this is the fix for the problem.

In the interim, please be wary of the 0615 build.

[ Note, there were a *lot* of patches released for 12.04 in the last 2 days, and I wondered if any of these were responsible, as they included updates to nfs-common. I have tried reverting back to an old 12.04 image (last patched on June 3rd) and I see the same problem. Whilst I can't categorically state that the latest updates are fully functional, I can state that a relatively old image sees the issues with the "new" QNAP firmware.

where {MyUserID} and {MyPassword} are substitutes for the real values for the purpose of this illustration. For what it's worth, I am now running Firmware 3.7.1 Build 20120615, although my QNAP has started to tell me that there is a newer build available, so I should probably start thinking about that at some point.

Am a bit reluctant, as my experience so far is that any change to the QNAP Firmware has prompted more tinkering... [ So far I've been from CIFS to NFS and back to CIFS again ].